Bernie Sanders to Colbert: 'Something is fundamentally wrong' with the Democratic Party

A clearly peeved Bernie Sanders said he's calling for big changes
in the Democratic Party as a result of Donald Trump's
presidential election win.

The former presidential candidate and senator appeared on
Monday's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to express his
annoyance with his party. He admitted that there is some
commonality between his supporters and those who voted for Trump.

"Above and beyond the incredible bigotry of the Trump campaign,
what he did was he tapped into a lot of pain and anxiety and
angst the American people are feeling, which is very rarely
reported in the media or understood by the punditry," Sanders
said.

He then described the huge economic problems facing many
Americans, including low wages and the inability to save for
retirement or pay to send their children to college. Sanders said
he thinks the most important thing for Democrats is to figure out
what to do now.

"The truth is, Democrats should not be losing to a candidate who
insults so many people, who wants to give huge tax breaks to the
top two-tenths of 1%, and who rejects climate change," he said.
"How are we losing these elections? Something is fundamentally
wrong."

The senator, whose new book, "Our Revolution," is available on Tuesday,
told Colbert that he is pushing for "structural changes" in his
party to make it more "grassroots." But while he's doing that,
what should worried Americans do?

"What you do now is get involved heavily into the political
process," he said. "When millions of people stand up and fight
back, we will not be denied."